1972 in rail transport

Events

January events

February events

March events

  • March 20 – Penn Central Railroad abandons passenger service on the Harlem Line from Dover Plains to Chatham, as well as three stations in the South Bronx, and one station in White Plains, although that one was replaced. Service to Grand Central Terminal ended in the middle of the day, leaving stranded passengers with no scheduled return trip to Chatham, forcing them to only go as far north as Dover Plains.[2][3]
  • March 24 – The Gilchrest Road crossing accident occurred on a level crossing in Clarkstown, New York, Five people were killed, and 44 injured.
  • March 30 – The Milwaukee Road discontinues its Limburger Special service to New Glarus, Wisconsin.[4]
  • March 31 – Official last day of steam locomotive operation on Statens Järnvägar, Sweden.

April events

June events

July events

  • July 21 – A collision between two trains near Sevilla, Spain kills 76 people.

August events

September events

October events

  • October 6 – A train crash at Saltillo, Mexico kills 208 people.
  • October 10 – The Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line extension to Yoyogi-Kōen station is opened.
  • October 20 – The Public Transport Commission of New South Wales is formed, replacing the New South Wales Government Railways.
  • October 30
    • The driver of a fast train does not notice a stop signal due to heavy fog and collides with another train in Schweinsburg-Culten, East Germany. 22 die and 70 are injured.
    • Illinois Central Gulf commuter rail crash: The accidental tripping of a signal at 27th Street Station on the Metra Electric system in Chicago, Illinois, causes an IC Electric express train to telescope another, killing 45 and injuring over 300.

December events

Unknown date events

Accidents

Births

Deaths

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References

  1. Saxena, R. P. (2008). "Indian Railway History Time Line". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
  2. prrths.com
  3. Faber, Harold (March 26, 1972). "Train Service to Upper Harlem Valley Terminated". The New York Times. p. 60. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  4. Kalrath, Jim (March 24, 1999). "New Glarus Railroad History through the Years". Retrieved March 29, 2006.
  5. Hill, Keith (February 2005). "Brighton's Belle Époque". BackTrack. 19 (2): 70–79.
  6. Price, J. H. (1972). "Final link in Biscay coast line". The Railway Magazine. London. 118: 464–7.
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